Improvement in pencil-holders



T. P. & S. B. MARSHALL.

PENCIL-HOLDERS.

,306. Patented Au 21,1877.

N PETERS, FHDTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. O.

UNITED STATEs PATENT QFFICE.

THUS. P. MARSHALL AND S. BROWN MARSHALL, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO S. B. MARSHALL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PENCIL-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,306, dated August 21, 1877; application filed J u1y 18, 1877.

To allwhom it may concern: Be it known that we, THOMAS P. MARSHAL and S. BROWN MARSHALL, of Trenton, county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Pencil-Holders, of which the following is the specification: The object of our invention is an attachment for coats, hats, 850., for holding and supporting various articles, as, for instance, pencils, tickets, eyeglasses, fans, pen-wipers, &c., one form of the said attachment being illustrated in perspective in the accompanying drawing. The attachment consists of a plate of metal,

which is folded to form a clamp open at the top, and the outer jaw a of the clamp is slit to separate a part forming a tongue, I), which is bent as shown.

The inner jaw a, of the clamp may be pro longed and folded on a straight line, to form a downwardly-projectin g tongue, 0, and in the bend of thejaw is a hole, '5, through which extends a wire hook, e.

The tongue 0, passed through the buttonhole of a coat, will confine the attachment securely and hold it flat, and without any chance of swinging or turning against the lappel of the coat. When thus secured the attachment will retain a railway-ticket, card, eyeglasses, or other article passed between the jaws a a, while the lip 12 will hold securely a pen or pencil passed between it and the jaw a.

2. The combination of the clamp, the pencilholder 1), and the pen-wiper B, as set forth.

3. The plate, bent to form a clamp, combined with a pen-wiper attached to and supported by the plate, as set forth.

4. The plate A, adapted for attachment to a garment, and cut at the front, as shown, to form a lip, 12, projecting from the face between the side edges, and adapted to retain a pencil,

as set forth. i

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS P. MARSHALL. S. B. MARSHALL. Witnesses:

A. BROWN, PETER NEvIUs. 

